Photo: Less camels, more trees, but still plenty of sand.....From David: January 18 2007
(connection 372 km, special 257 km, connection 117 km)
Yesterday's stage passed without major incident for Patricia, although her engine had been rebuilt the night before. Unfortunately, the rebuild did not prove sustainable and last night a new engine had been acquired from KTM and was being installed in her bike.
When I spoke to Patricia last evening, passports were being stamped ready for todays stage, which includes the passage into Mali.
Patricia believed that after yesterday's stage 12, she was 3rd placed amongst the ladies. The 4th placed person is closing each day on her, as she has an earlier starting position, and therefore spends slightly less time arguing with the overtaking cars and trucks ! Patricia had a great stage yesterday, coming in 64th in the whole field - certainly her best stage position this Dakar, and I think, her best ever.
Werner is in good spirits, and the pain is being help at bay by his equine tranquilisers.
Once again, I do apologise in advance if I fail to maintain these reports once in Dakar from this evening (Friday). If you wish to follow Dakar's progress - you have three options:
1. Watch Eurosport each evening - live coverage, repeated through the night
2. Go to www.eurosport.co.uk and look under "motorsports"
3. Go to www.dakar.com , where with a little effort you can track the progress of each competitor live each day.
Patricia is raising money for Kidscape as she undertakes the Rally. Kidscape is a charity committed to keeping children safe from abuse. If you would like to make a donation, please go to Patricia's Just Giving website at www.justgiving.com/PatriciaWatson-Miller .... for those that have already donated, thank you ..... and for those of you that are about to do so, thank you as well ...... go on then...... click on the link and do a good deed today for those kids that need your support.
I'm now off to pack my bags for Dakar - must remember knotted handkerchief, bucket, spade and camel stun-gun.
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